Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-10-21
THE IN It'll rs ADJ URN
>TosMEET NEXT YEAR, AT lNb,AtaAlso-
Il. us IN NOVEMBER,
Big Grlst Of Business Rushed Through In
tho Last Session or the Assembly---11o-
tion to Make the Order Political Body

Big Grist Of Business Rushed Through In
tho Last Session or tho Assembly---1Io-
81 tion to Make the Order Political body
Overwhelmingly Defeated. y
81 MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Oct. a0.-The
general assembly of the Knights of
Labor at Minneapolis adjourned at 4:50
O'clock p. M with the singing OF the labor
hymn, ssWe Would be Free = Notwith-
standing the rapidity with which bust
ness was hustled through, It IS the gen
eral opinion that the assembly disposed
of its work Us efficiently as is usual. In
the morning the committee on laws com.
pleted its report, and the report Of the
committee on appeals and grievances and
cooperation followed. The assembly
buckled down to work with a fierce de.
termination and did not even adjourn for
dinner. The following are the important
acts of the assembly, as reported by the
committee on publication. tits optional
with locals to subscribe to the co-opera-
tive fund. The committee recommended
no change in the management of the
journal Of United Labor: -.
The general executive board has moth
ing now to Go with strikes unless called
upon to interfere by the district, state or
national trades assembly involved. =. ..s
A resolution was adopted requiring the
assemblies og the order to carry nothing
but the state or national colors on parade
by Il vote OF l12 TO 49,
Organizers must hereafter pay dues in
advance 10y their commissioners.
The committee, after considering the
letter Of y. A. 20S, of England, recon-
nended that the general master work
man have the power to appoint a dele
gate from the order in England to take
charge OF affairs over there as requested
by letter Adopted.
A motion to resolve the order practi-
cally into political body was over
whelnlingly defeated, as was a scheme to
reOrguniZe the order on an entirely new
and almost entirely incomprehensible
plan.
The much mooted application Of D. A.
1876 for reinstatement finally came up.
1t was moved to refer the case to an ar
bitrary committee of three to examine
the evidence and submit a summary to
the order. An amendment that 1926 be
reinstated on complying with the laws
Of the order was adopted.
4 motion to grant orders to Chinese
assemblies was lost upon the ground
such action would be detrimental to the
order in the West.
Itenized accounts Of the general eN-
ecutive board were read, discussed and
endorsed.
The city Of indianapolis was settled
upon as the place of meeting for the as
sembly next year.
The general executive board was all.
thorized to defend the members of D. A.
10, now arrested at the instigation of the
American Steamship company.
The date of converting the general as
sembly was changed to the Tuesday after
the second Monday of November in each
year.
The committee on finance reported that
$500, 600 was spent by Labor in the hands
of a board, of which the general secretary
was a member, and the report was
adopted. The subscription price was
fixed at not less than 81 per year.
A resolution was adopted reinstating,
without fee, the cigarmakers belonging
to the International Cigarmakers' union,
expelled by the Richmond convention.